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Part of The Cooper Point Journal Volume 30, Issue 13 (January 24, 2002)
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The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washinqton 98506
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have needs so grear
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rheir inabiliry ro become
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when yr so de'pcrare
th ar y;. confident
when I.tck of choice
\ee l11S like freedom
when hell rurns 10 eden
some would ratiler die
rhan surrender
be swallowed alive
rheir weapo ns rouch more
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rhe brcalh of god
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but Ji(fert: nl dlrcctiolls
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logiC i, a ,hell
saying it's everything
make the seas boil
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about my dreamS
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send (wo dozen roses 10 da levy
but keep one for yourself
put it bcrwet:n your teeth
gne into rhc morbid orb
whal do you sec'
hare begers hate
war begers war
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pesrilence
pl.lguc
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sec more non-white
people being represented and race
relation s are more ralked abour now
wirh forums and conversarions. But
there's stiil people being oppressed or
rhat feel segregated, It hasn't progressed
much .
- Hearher Treadway, senior
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Myself, as a minority,
I think ir's sriII really
oppressed, I st ill get
looks and a lot of commenrs, even though
I've been here all my
life and speak perfectly good
English. I'm totally assimilated but
because of my ski n co lor people
think I'm a foreigner and all new
ro rhis.
- Sophy Chan, freshman
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to
the lord is speakIng
Ihe mechanism of comro l
public healrh and well -being
it is .1
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onto J doomed ship
we can'r r abandon
rhe passengers
arc roo enrrenched
rhe exhilararion or power
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better since his death,
but there's still a long
way to go. Equality
hasn't stretched across
rhe board in any wa),
yet. Where ir has gotten b etter is
perhaps in a better understanding
between all races. There's just a long
way to go sti ll, though.
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country has progressed in terms of
race relations since the death of
Martin Luther King , Jr.?
Ir's hard because 1
come from Hawaii.
My people are so
oppressed in this
cou nrry, yet norhing
has happened . There's
no progress when ir comes to race
relarions. Even rhe plighr of rhe
Narive Ame ricans is srill going on.
It's <rill hard for them to ger reperarions. Ir's all a racial thing.
- 'A uli'i K. George, freshman
burn inlO eternity
scald frozen minds
root our rotten rrees
place a seed in Ihe nascent soil
rh ey broughr fear unto rhe land
to conquer ir
rhey fed us poison
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I guess that depends'
on what type of measu ring stick you use, It
depends if you're black
or white. If you're
white you probably
think it's come a long way. If you're
black, you may not rhink it's come
thar far depending on where you're
at in the soc ial mobiliry strucmre.
I th in k we've come a long way, but
not far enough. His dream is not set
in time. it's like truth. Truth can't
be anchored because it's constan dy
changing and flowing like a river.
- Robert Sanders, sen ior
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TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Se rvice Requested
A gagglt 0/ KAOS tmployus and listmas al a lively and eontentiolls opm forum bosted by KAOS Wtdntsday night. Stttdmt aaivititJ di"ctor and
interim general manager o/the station, Tom MercarifJ, sellbe agenda for tl" (vmt and amwertd qtltstiom. KAOS Listmas for Dnnocracy Nowan organization o/studmts, alllmni, and Olympia residmts - complaintd that ptoplt from olltside o/Elltrgreen war not includrd in tht hiring
proem for rI" ntxt gentral manager. The lasl two resigrzed. Mercado explaintd Ihat tlu /]iring prouSJ was fixed by Slatt law. Surv,/" to addrm
srudenl concerns and reqlltst! will bt availble at tables in the CAB and onlint al RtJ1ut. Related >lory page 3.
- Andrtw Cochran
Campus Rave Comes Housing in Debt
Loose Accounting Leads to Staff
with Safety Concerns Cutbacks, Rent Increases
by Gorey Pem
nvWbiiney Rvasager
n~l ee rs feel safe at raves, says Ashly Wilkie, a coo rdinator of the
~Evergreen Queer Alliance. Thar's why rhey're purring one on this
Saturaay. All nighr . Four floors. And they hope to draw about 1,000
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peopl e, from Seattle to Portland.
Wilkie's been on the parry scene for a long time. She's never heard of
rave-goers getting harassed about sexual orientation .
"T here's just not a large population of people who feel violent at
raves," Wilkie says.
But nor everyone agrees .
Maeanna Welti runs Evergreen's Women's Resource Center. "I wouldn't
feel safe at a rave. I'm queer," she says.
Welti, and other Evergreen cou nselors, say little is known abou r sexual
assault in gay, lesb ian, bisexual, and transgender com munities. Many
problems go unreported. And Welri doubts that the rave will be clean,
even though it's supposed to be.
[f ir's not drug-free, then it's less li kely to be safe.
So says Jason Kilmer. He stud ies people's use of d rugs and alcohol, and
he's doing research at Evergreen. Kilmer says people are m o re apt to do
t hings they regrer late r after using drugs. He can cite studies that show
rhat club drugs (like Ecstasy, Ketamine, Speed , a nd GHB) pur people at
a highe r risk for ~exual assault.
The ra ve planners are emp h asizi ng music and dancing, and they've
taken some common-sense precautions to keep the party safe. But they
acknowledge that determined dopers and troublemakers wi ll find a way
to do dope or cause ttouble.
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ousi ng is OUt $253,000 because offic ials didn'r
keep track of how much money they were spending for at least the last 7 years, accord ing to Housing
Director Mike Segawa.
Segawa says money is always a problem for housing
because the four sections of housing -res idential
life, compuring, facili ti es, and the front desk- all
draw money from the same pool but don'r coordinate
spending practices. Housing has never closely monitored
the money spent during busy summer months , Segawa
adds. He contin ues by say in g housing's hiring practices
somerimes paid temporary workers way more rhan
they'd make a n yw he re else on campus.
Compo und ing the problem this year is Washington
s rate's tight budger an,d, according to Segawa, poor
oversight for last year's June clean - up and so me stud ent
workers.
"Supe rvisors weren'r familiar with patterns of how
m oney works in housing ," Segawa sa id . "Th e folks
who are supposed to look at fin ances didn't see what
was happening. "
What was happening is this: Housing spent itself
into a debt they won't get out of unril next January, afte r
they put some repairs on hold, make significant c uts in
the number of people they hire for June clean-up, and
increase the cost of rent .
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he anricipation hangs heavy over the
campus as students w.lit with bated
bre,nh. L.tH qu,trrcr, the Evergreen
D.lnce Team promised us a new name.
Fin,tll v, that promi,e h" come to fruit ion .
On Wednesday, J,1I1. 30, 2002, at a solemn
,Ind d ignified red- ribbon cuni ng ceremony,
rhe new name tor the da nce team wi ll be
an nounced. Fo ll ow in g the ceremony, there
wi ll be a li ve pe rformance, free food, and a
co mplete loss o f a ny solemni ty and d ign ity,
which isn't a ny fun anyway. So unl ess yo u
want to be li ke my un cle. who had tic kers
to Woodsrock b ut didn't go beca use he
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'\OS\ anrenna h.l5 moved from the
concrete CAB tip-top to ,I ISO-foot all rower on the crest ofTull1w,u,r
h ill. T he new location give, tht· , tJtion
more range and much clearer reception.
The tower has been a long rime coming.
Nearly re n years ago, at KAOS 's annual
pledge drive, people suggestt:d that they
"F IX THE SIGNAL!" Over rhe yea rs many
people. includ ing students, have worked to
u nleash berrer so und .
Mosr rece nti y, Mojo Tch ud i. a senior
at Eve rgree n , burde ned so me ca bl es and
foll owed aro u nd the chi ef engi neers o n th e
antenn a p roject. " I ga r in those guys' way
mo re th an anything else." he says.
For a few mo nths Mojo sat in o n the
engineering meerings. H e scu rr ied aro und
running ca bl es from the old sw itc h :n
th e CAB to th e new rransmirrer swit ch ,
and he rrained KAOS staff and program m ers on the use o f the new transfo rm er
control equipment. M ojo was one o f fo ur
engineers wh o trai ned a hundred staff and
program me rs.
He is also th e production engi nc::er at
KAOS. T his means he se ts up audi o fo r li ve
broad casts , o ffers a han d in rh e studi o. an d
plays aro und wirh wires, in put.' and o urputs.
It's a year-long internship and ma rk> the
ending o f his Evergreen stud ies.
Mojo has seen a sta ti on in cris is. W he n
ge neral manager Jack Ke mp left, he says the
lack of ma nagement and stHio n fragmentation forced him to take personal accountabiliry. With his old boss gone, he had to
nuke complicJred decisions on hi, own,
trllsti ng his gut.
After Evergreen Mojo say< he wallis to
travel to Romania. He says he wants ro
imp rove the coun try's media s!ructu re and
teach English as a secon d language .
At the COM b uil di ng's Christmas pa rty.
Jill Carrer gave her student worke rs a choice.
Everybod y co uld either have the ir ho urs
cur by fi ve hours each , o r they co ul d d o
a fundraise r.
T hey opted fo r th e fund raiser.
Ca rter, Everg ree n's Tec hnical Di rec to r
w ho also ove rsees o th er aspects o f CO M
buildin g happenings, had to cope with a
3% budget cur. It would have left the C OM
withou t a Scenic Designer - a student
posit io n th at costs $3.000 annually - but
Ca rter had other plan s. N amel y, keepin g
the position and doin g so mething fun to
raise cash ro pay for it .
Sh e a nd her stud e nt wo rke rs kicked
aro und ideas (jeniso ning o nes like "Sco nish
Fes t " and se llin g tee shirrs) a nd dec id ed
to use th e Expe rim en t a l Th ea re r fo r a
m asq uerad e d a nce party. It's pl ann ed for
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Fri day. Feb. I fro m 9 p.m. to I a. m.
e a pa rt of art at Eve rgreen!
T he bu d get fo r t he who le shebang ,
D o yo u des ire an ou riet for you r
rep lete wit h a beer loun ge, li vc music, and
creativity? Do you wa ll! to be a part
a free mask- makin g wo rkshop, is $2,000 .
of comm u n ity art projects' Do yo u like
But Carter thi nks e nough people will show
organiz ing and planning life c h anging up to make a profi t.
,lrr isric events, w hil e crcJling ;un.lling
"We know how to th row a p.lrry." she
opportuni t ies fo r vo u r,c1f .lnd for yo u r
s,lid. "A nd we k now how ro advertise."
communiry?
Tickers a re avai la ble in at the TESC
The Student Arts Council provide< bookstore and .n the I IJ rlequin Product ions
opportunities for all <rudems ro ,ee and be
box uffice on Fo u rt h Ave. Adva nce tickets
\ccn in ,III forms of creative expression. We ",c$14 or $ 10 if they're bo ught ingro upsof
.Ire curre n tly planning the W in rer Arts ra ir, five. Tickets ar rhe door a re $16 w ith a mask
to be held in ea rl y March on ca m p Lls. This
and $ 18 wit ho u t. For ma rc info rmation,
event will showcase all forms of art. with
d l 866-6833.
<In emphasis o n visual art. If yo u wo ul d like
to be a part of the plan n ing and crea tive
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In Memory:
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Carlson remembered as sweet, soft-spoken' and 'curious'
by Whilney Kvasager
Hello all.
I, along with
my partner in crime Apryl
Martin, have the privilege of
continuing the CPJ Blotter
where the esteemed Jen
Blackford left off. Apryl and
Sunda ,Januar 13
I have large, large shoes to
mystery. We will prob:lhl y never know.
fill. It's not that Jen has big
Monday, January 14
feet; she in fact has quite
In memory of C hris DOS7_kocs. Ch ri s'
Coluse of dc.lth ha, yet to he derermined . A
junior ,wd a residem of [,-Dorm. Doszko cs
will he reme m bered as " .1 reJI sweetheart."
Students .Ire re mind ed that the campu s
police Jrc s till investigating the death
and an)' a,ailable information would be
appreci:ned in helping C hris' f:lmil)' re.lc h
closure. ConfidcIltia lity will he respected
to the utmoq .
petite and dainty feet. She
just happens to be a genius.
You will be missed Jen. On to
the antics!
Saturday, January 12
1:35 a.m. The weekend is k icked
off with an early m o rning violation as an
indulging bicycltst is pulled over, initially
for traveling without a headlamp at dark.
The detective de tects the scent of alco hol.
He whips our a portabl e Breat halyzer and
gets to see someone who, unfortunately,
has hit the legal limit on the 1I0se, scori t~g
a .08% blood/alcohollevel. But wait! The
opening ceremonies have hClfdly starred.
This case is sent to Grievance, but fourteen
minutes later . . .
1:49 a.m. Hell, let's give ir another
boot to the derriere. this party's just begun!
Another minor in possess ion of alcohol. bur
this one is apparently not sent to Grievance.
My condolen ces.
4:00 p.m. T,affic stop ... I lam mer
... a se rene afte rnoon oflaw enforce ment
tl oa ts by .. .
6:37 p.m. The si le nce is s hattered
by the car-piercing shriek of a firc alorm.
Thc culprit' A burning hummus skeleton
from a vegan cooking accident gone terri bly
awry.
Timc.
11: 18 p.m. I.et·s get th is th ing started!!
Damn, it 's on ly Wednesday. An M I P is
forwardcu to Crievance. A Rollin g Rock
bottle and a case of OlympiJ brand beer
are seized and "pou red out by rhe officer"
for his homies.
11 :50 p.m. So mething trafti c- rdoted
occurs. Must've been serious.
3:55 p.lll . A traffi c stop. With an air of
Thursday, January 17
4:07 a.m. A domest ic dispute ca ll
ends in an arrest for an outstandi ng felony
warrant due to parole viobtions.
8:01 p.m. A $370 'guitar in exce llent
con dition is slO len from I lousi ng. Victim ,
rest assured. Karma will lOuch th e thief
Softl y, but stealthily, and at night, when
the thief is asleep . Karma's gonna jack the
thief's television set. Thou shall nOl stea l
in Housi ng.
Friday, January 18
ti;'~4·mlW'''!m!I''~
ree cars are g rante g ; non-c a
12:03 a.m. An ea rly DUI arrest. Note
to driver: crossing the double yellow line,
and [hen proceeding to drive eastbound in
the westbound lane, usually tips off the boys
in blue that so mething just ain't right.
1:18 a.m. The cursed elderly citizen's
midnight roller hockey league is to blame
for a noi se complaint at the outdoor
recreational pav ili on. Or is it' I wouldn't
know, sil)ce all I can see is S harpi e sk id
marks on this report.
s hoe of immobility, and at I I :50 p.m. the
police escorr service perforll1s its "official
duty."
Wednesday, January 16
Today a lot of se rious 'is h went down .
'scramb led and censored for the C pJ - I 3
(Cooper Point Journal readers under thirteen years of age)
8:06 a.m. A slumbering vagabond is
roused from his lu cid sleep by rhe sharp
tapping of a flashlight on hi s caravan 's
windowpane. A habitation violation is dealt
to the poor wandering soul in F-Lor.
Saturda ,Januar 19
2:37 p.m. An arrest for driving with a
suspended lice nse. Keep tearing up those
raceways, Olympians.
9:07 p.m. You heard about your friend',
MIl' three nights ago. You laugh ed. Fed
th e wrath as your identicll infra ct ion is se nt
to Crievance, where litt le grieving can be
expected on your behalf. o h co nsumer of
scathing pois'on!
10:47 p.m. Possession of dru g pari phernalia. The specifi cs of rhi , seized
illegal tool are unbeknownst to me. One
thing's for certa in : the pulice stock room
of confiscated item , just bec.lIlle onc ruhy
ri cher.
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Sunday, January 20
By the looks of these past few weekend
statis ti cs. so meon e might be misled into
thinking that studell ts on ca mpu s ,tcwa ll}'
ab,m don their Hou si ng womb s once or
twice a week and expose their smooth ,
virginal ski n to t he h:lfsh elements. Action,
:luion, acrion, is th e word
or dIe da \,.
A door in F is d~faced.
Mischievous. Scandalous. Ma li c iou s.
Thu s the proper dubbing of "n1.lliciou s
mischief" for this unsolved crim e. The
wooden portal was the only one reponedly
injured . h avi ng been struck by a l.uge rock.
Th e rock was not put in custody, as it had
no wnsts.
2:41,2:42 a.m. Two sep,trate deli cious
fire ala rm pullings. I mean maliciou s.
1:05
I
t was hard to walk across campus wit h the late C raig
Carlso n without at least twelve people running up to
say hello, remembers Justi na Balderrama , a faculty
member who taught several classes with Craig.
"[ used to call him 'The Mayor of Evergreen' because
every time we'd walk from the library to the parking lot, it
would take twenty minutes. "
Another friend remembers him as a funny combination
of the exalted and the mundane, breaking off a conversation
abour philosophy to have a beer and watch a baske tball
game.
Those close to him knew he wasn't a sa int , but a genuine
optimist who practiced hard ro be an eth ical perso n. They
knew he ea rned the reputation of master teacher. And
they knew that though his methods made other faculty
and administrators uncomfortabl e, he helped incubate
students' imaginations.
Words people use to describe Cra ig are "swee t," "softspoken," and "wildly curious" about the world.
The following are stories from two EveJgreen community
members who were close to Craig.
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investigation.
Even later ... a newly initiated blotter
henchman reflects on the previously outlin ed acts of cruelty aga inst fellow living
beings with a shiver and a sli gh tl y jaded
twinkle in the eye . ..
A fellow human
For the entire year before h e enrolled at Evergreen
people said, "boy, you should meet Craig Carlson. You have
so much ill common." Jesse Bossert ignored the comments
at first, and had no idea how accurate that statement was
until he opened the following year's course cata logue. He
saw C raig was teaching about William Blake; Jesse's loved
Blake since el em entary school.
it was app all ing to me. I jusr d idn'r get ir," she said. She
"At rhat point, I went directly into C raig's office."
remembers thinking he was "groovy-d oovey," with hi s
Everything important to Jesse was represented by an
unconventional curricu lum and cla"room di "ll\sions.
object in s ide, like Tibetan prayer wheels and Nat ive
Then, after five years at Evergreen , N,ll ini sent a
American artifacts.
f.1Culry -w ide email asking for
" I rem em ber Craig's office
E
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material , she co uld use for
and how it was a temple
vergreen acu ty ralg ar/son will her progr.lln The Trees and
F.
of refuge for me here on
ca mpus. It was painstakingly
detailed wi th sy mbols."
In class, Jesse remember,
be remembered at a memorial held
in the Longhouse on Friday, Jan.
25 at 2 p.m. Carlson died in Costa
The Forest. Craig respo nded
with a letter tiw began saying
"r roth, " the Old cngli,h word
for "tree, " ,11,0 mea n' "truth ."
Cra ig "wasn 't app roach in g
Rica on December 26, 2001 and had She says ir made her go
me from a high and m igh ty
"Wo,lh' Who i, this guy,,"
op in io n. H e was ap proachtaught at Evergreen for 27 years.
And with rhat. her fri en d 'h ip
in g me as a fe llow human."
wlrh Cra ig began.
Jesse remembers Craig's
"Id y rcLltio nship wllh
support - which co uld be conveyed wit!' just a smi le.
Cra ig ' eame from general ly liking rhe guy, hllt also fro II I
" He wasn't going to shove my face in the water. I Ie what he taught me." Th ey coll.lboratcd (In their re'11ecri\'e
was going to lead me up to it, but no t push me in. And c1dsscs, and had pldnned 10 tea ch one ro[;ctlln. Crui);
he was humble, too. He was willing to humbly accept if took Nalini 's yo un g so n under hi s wing. join ed in poker
som ebody were to correct him. As wch, he was co nsta ntl y n ight a nd even th e van hc often slept in outs ide Nalini's
learni ng from srudents. Hc wou ld never let hi, rhougln., house .
get stagnant. H e WdS a constant flow of fr cs h air ~nd
"C raig wou ld fold easily illl" ollr family."
His was such a differen t appro.lch from the sc ientific
water."
one she was used to. " He always said ro me, 'Move your
close r to th e window. The trecs need yo u. The trec'
(The trees need your heart and your spirtr' desk
need your heart and your spirit."·
When Eve rgreen environmental science faculty Nalini
Nalini desc ribes her relotionship with Craig without
Nadkarni talks about Craig, her face li gh ts up with the
breaking eye contdCt, but when she says the time he spen t
an im at ion of someone who's gor a really good story to
with her and her family was "sweet and tender," and says
tell.
"it's so hard and so sad that it has to stop, " she looks away
"When I started hearing about how he taught his classes,
with tears in her eyes.
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\',.If\. l aura johnson, ",ith ;t wi ld rufr of
h.lIr .I nd big smile, 11;1\ volunteered rwice a
",eek ,ince ~hc heginni ng of th e school year.
She ,.1 1" th.ll re.lding the lerters from the
pl'i,on~[\ " lter CII'O Iite p,lfr of rhe job.
\X' he ll ,eleC t ill g boob, , he l13 s ro be
,I\\'are of ",h.ll pri so n they arc from, and
then look up thar pr i,o n's lisr of guideli nes
;lnd requirements. Some want o nl y h,lfd
backs, or new books. A pri so n in Ilousron
,llIows no boo ks a t all. According to her, one
prisoll says "Mad Magazine is co nrraband."
I f nor gu idelines are met, a pac kage could
be thrown away or sent back ro BTl'.
Sometimes, the co nseq uences are worse
rhan a rerurned package. An inmate once
requested so me writing paper along with
hi s books. BTl' senr him eight pages of
not ebook p;tper. They didn'r know rhe
had a rul e banning wriring paper from
outs ide >DurceS. Later, rhe inmare wrore
ro tt'll rhem thar he had received a monrh
ill so litary confi nemenr for each sheer of
p''1,er se n t ro him.
D esp llt' rhc bad srories, BTl' ca rries on.
The ''1)pre,i.lllo n of rhe inm ates it ,crves
i, wrinen ill careful 'nipr on rh e piles of
\crters in the o ffic e. But, C hri s Carso n is
>Ii II worried . \'''' hen she speaks of all rh e
chaos ,It\d mi,fonune thar BTl' has su ffered
in the Iasr few Illonrhs, her voice wavers
,li d , he chokes back tears.
"I am \Cared for rhe projecr," she sa id .
She does n' t k now where t hey will move
yet. Theil' icleal space would be shared wirh
a business or another organization, downtown. near rhe post office, and "welcoming
to people of all wal ks oflife."
In the meantime, Ca rson is st ill working awa y ar rhe growing pile of requests,
so meti mes until 3 am. Like Johnso n, she
says ir's the contenr of the prisoners' letters
thar keeps her going. At II p.m. on a Friday,
she opens another envelope. In loopy, f1ow-
ery handwriting, a prisoner offers appreciation and requ esrs an English/Spanish
dict ionary so he ca n teach Spani sh to
other inmates. H e ends the note with rhis
senrence: "Well, blessings ro all of yo u and
THANK YOU fo r your helping me get
rcady to he free again."
How to Help BTP
I. D on ate stamp' at Wriring Center o n
3rd Aoot of Library Room #3407
2. Donare new or used boo ks at the
BTl' box ourside ofl ibrary; dictionaries
needed most.
3. Volunteer at BTl': rhey will be
in Olympia World News unril rhe
end of this month. You can sign up
for volunreer training there or ca ll
943-2375.
4. Become a pen pal with an inmate.
BTP has some names, inquire wirh
them.
rudenrs with disab ilities ate attracred rO? Evergreen,
says Access Se rvi ces Director Linda Pickering,
especially srud ents wirh lea rning disabilities or
psychologic;tl disorders.
Pickering says the cu rricululll and eva lu ation sysrem
make it seem like classes will be easy. Some think rhar
rhey'll be able to hack it, no problem, They rhink
they'll fin ally ger to be normal.
"These kids say, 'I'm nor taking my meds.' 'I'm nor
doing rhat. I'm going ro do ir by myself I want ro be
like everybody else' ," said Pickering.
So rhey disregard rhe lener Pickering sends ro eve ry
incoming student, which says if they need things like
books on rape or speci al sofrware rhey musr request
them from her.
The y try ro make it on rheir own, bur "by rhe
sixth or seventh wee k, they're nearly in crisis mode,"
Pickering sa id.
Pi c kering mails every Incomi ng freshman and
rransfer student a lerter thar says srudents who need
disability accommodations must come a nd talk to
her. Thar's almosr 3,000 letters. Of rhose, Pickering
esrimares 10 percent resp ond. Thar's 287 people ,
Only 175 actually show up, reques r se rvices , and have
ongoin g conracr wirh Pickeri ng.
But if everybody who needed acco mmodation !:
showed up, there wouldn't be enough ro go around,
says Niki Amarantides, Ditector of KEY Srudent
Services, who works closely with Pickering to support
srudents with di sabiliries.
"We're jost rrying ro parch things rogerher down
Two Students Battle Perceptions
WWhJtney Kvasag r
S
chool has always been a struggle
for Sarah Peterson and Ari
Hornick. It rakes them longer ro
read books and complete assignments.
Borh say ir's difficult to focus. Orh er
students have called rhem lazy, and
teachers have said all they need to do
is try harder.
Sa rah and Ari have lea rning disabiliries.
Sarah's
IS
Arrention Deficit
Who to contact about issues in this story:
The Evergreen Queer Alliance can be reached at extension 6544
Evergreen's collnseling center can be reached at extensIOn 6800
Police services crrn be reached at extensIOn 6140.
januai)l24, 2002
Safety
Jaso n Kilmer, rhe drug and alcohol
researcher, says that rhere's a lot of fake
Ecsrasy going around the Northwest right
now. Some of it contains a chemical called
pMA , which can kill you.
Also, heatstroke can kill you . Drink
pl e nty of water, and rake breaks. The
recruitmenr rave will have a "chill room"
in LIB 3500.
For more information about club drugs
check the web at www.dancesafe .org.
Who Pays
for the Rave
The whole shindig is costing about
$4 ,300. About $1,000 of that will pay
the DJ s. All of th at money comes from
student fees - full-time students pay $118
a quarrer for student services and activities.
The Services and Activities (S&A) board
then decides how to divide that money
among student organizations, like the
Cooper Point Journal, the EQA, and the
Men's Centet.
The EQA will charge $12 at the door
for Evergreen students and $15 for nonstudents. Pre-sale tickets at tbe EQA office
will cost $10 for students and $13 for
everyone dse. If attendance matches planners' expectations, then the rave could bring
in $7,000 to student activities.
''I'd go to semina r, pay attention
sa id.
At Evergreen, she says most of the really close to what everyone else said ,
reachers are understanding and accom- highlight the parts people talked about,
modate her needs - like more rime , and then I'd wrire my sem inar papers
ro finish books - bur group work is a based on what everyone else said. "
constant fru stration. She can't produce
Using that method, Ari earried
at the same rate as eve ryone else, and a bachelor's in science, a bachelor's
so metimes t hat loo ks like she 's nor in arts, and has spent a year working
towards a master's degree in reaching.
carry ing her we ight.
"People wirh learning disa bilities He didn'r get any help from Eve rgreen
rend ro co m e off as lazy," she says.
because his disability wasn'r certified.
"O rh er stu- It had been when he was younger, but
dents ger frushe hadn't taken rhe certificarion test
rrared wirh
before college - a stare requirement
nle.
before any insritution ca n dol e our
accommodatio ns.
Ir's rh e sa me
Ari didn't have the $700 ir com
wirh tutors ar ro take rhe rest. I led aiready dropped
the Learning $500 for vo ice recognition so ftware
Re so ur ce for h is co mpurer so thar he co uld
Center as ir is s pea k hi s re rm pap e rs inro a wo rd
with reachers processi ng program insread of ryping
and studenrs. So me understand , so me rh e m. J Ie spe nt anoth e r $1,00 0 for
don·r.
a voice ou tput prog ram so rhar his
" I don't think lhey 're rea ll y com pur e r would " read " him books
equipped ro deal wirh students wirh afrer he'd scan ned in rhe pages.
"And wirh all my other srud ent
lea rning disab ili ries. People misundersrand. They think learnin g disability loan s, I'm go ing to take our another
is another word for srupid, but I don'r $700 for so me rest? Nooo .....
consider myself stllpid. Shit, I kicked
H e sc rap ed together the money
rh e SAT's ass."
and rook the test last year. Now the
school gives him books on rape and
Ari 's learning disability is NOS, funds someo ne ro rake lecture notes
01' Not Otherwise Specified. Jr's a
for him . Hesays rhat makes it possible
conglomeration of disabilities nobody for him ro pay attention to the actual
has a name for.
assignment instead of worrying about
One of the things he barrles is how ro ger it done.
dyslexia , which means ir takes him
Both Sarah and Ari are among the
longer ro read books. He estimates
17 5 self-declared disabled studenrs
that it takes him 5 to 10 minutes ro attending Evergreen. Telling rhe schoo l
read a page.
you have a di sabiliry is opt ional;
"I've finished the book in time Director of Acces s Se rvi ces Linda
for class twice, I rhink, and that was Pickering believes rhere are way more
because I'd read th em before ," Ati rhan 175 disabled Gteeners.
said.
Pickering, who is responsible for
People misunderstand. They
Disorder (ADD).
think learnin disability is
It's hard for her
rc
ro concentrare on another word or stupid, but
one, th i.ng ar once. I don't consider myself stupid,
She s dlstracred by Shit I kicked the SAT's ass.
can Ig nore -
Rave
'I'm not taking my
meds.' 'I'm not doing
that. I'm going to do it
by myself I want to be
like everybody else'
Learning Disabilities
rhln gs mosr peo pl e
So who's going to keep rhe parr)' from ge rrin g out of hand?
We ll , pl.lIl ne rs were st ill hashing oot those derail s as the C~j wenr ro press. Members
of Everg reen's wom en's rugby tea lll - rhe Hcllcarz - have SIgn ed on ro do secorl ry. So
have SOllle Illale members of the EQA. The police will have rhree extra officers on dury
thor nighr. Two will patrol camp u" and one will be inside rhe building. In all , abour
30 people wil l be workin g secmi ry.
.
.
Th e EQA hd ' also hired a d ozen firsr -aid providers - studenrs cerrrfied 111 C PR
_ to work in two-hour shifts. There will also be bo td ed water for sa le in an e!fon to
keep people from dehyd raring.
Th ere will be on ly one enrrance ro rhe rave, loca ted in th e Library bu ild ing. Those
wh o le;t\'c the building won't be le r back in , and th e room s thar won't be used for the
rave will be locked down.
Can'r peop le just rake drogs before rh ey go insid e?
"Yeah . rhar', definitely a pos;ibility," one EQA member said. "If so mebody shows up
obviousl y wasted, wc'rc goi ng to ask rhem ro leave ."
This is not rhe firsr rime Evergreen has been rhe scene ofa gigantic pa rry. The EQA pur
on a "ra inbow rave" twO years ago. The student activities advisot who overc.aw that rave said
it wenr well. As for this Sar urday's rave, she's staying "ca utiously oprimistic."
The EQA's recruirment rave will be this Sarurday, jan. 26 , from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
the nexr mo rning.
here," Am;trantides said.
pay everyth ing off.
for one, she says, there isn'r adequare staff.
She says rhe bigge st probl e m sh e and
"Do we hire peo ple who s peci;t lize in hidde n Pickering face is th at students don't wanr ro
disabilities? No. For exa mple, do we have on sraffhere admit rhey are disabled.
someone who specializes in turoring ._... ..._ ..... _....... __......_.. __ . ____ ... __.. ____ .... __'"
When a stustudents wirh learning disa bilities?
denr last year
No. Sad ly, no. "
tried to Hart
Anorher se tback is rhar di sa group called
abiliry accommodations are never
The Union of
wrirten inro Evergreen's rwo-year
Students with
budget. In s read, nore rakers and
Disabilities,
sign language interprerers and all
Amarantides
the orher things disabled studenrs
wasn'r
surneed ro have a fair shot at an educaprised rhat ir
tion, are paid for th rough what
failed .
Presidenr's Execurive Associare Lee
" Srudenrs
Hoemann, who ove rsees parts o f --... _._. -_. - ~...... -~----.-.. --.--.---. -'-----'-"- '.
are real relucEvergreen's budger, cal1s "flexible
rant
to
money. "
identify as a communiry around thar
That's the money budgeted for positions rhat aten't rerm , ler alone identifY wirh rheir faculry
filled and ca n be used fOr'orher rhings unril someone's and peers rhat they have a disabiliry."
hired. That's also the money thar rhe legi slarure rells
How will that change? Amarantides
Evergreen to srretch as far as ir can go, Hoemann says she doesn'r know for su re.
says legislators don't think about how that will affect
Pickering says that by making
Evergreen a more understanding comsrudenrs who need disability accommodations.
"The legislature has never added any money ro munity by nor rol erating jokes about
pay for disabiliry expenses," said Hoemann, "Flexible "c ripples and deafs" and by treating
money left over in norma l years is never enough to someone 'wi rh a disability the way you
would wam to be treared,
cover the costs of disabiliry accommodarions."
Bur Amarantides says rhose rhings arc small beans
Pickering says, though , that rhis is a
co mpared to the biggest ptobJem she and Pickering "Pollyanna-ish" treatment of rhe problem.
face. The college can eventually hire more sraff. And She says she doesn'r know whar would
eve ntually, rh e co ll ege can figure our so me way ro really be effective.
'
;1. con~
vers,lfion across th e
room. for exa mple,
"Even when J shut myself up and
am co mpl ete ly a lone, there's srill a
million rhings to di stract m e."
Those diStractions m ake stud yi ng
so time consuming that "I end up
driving myself crny staying up days on
end trying ro complete homework, "
she said,
It's Sarah's first year at Evergreen,
and she says that the services for lea rning disabled studen ts are the besr she's
see n during her educariona l career,
"but that's not saying a whole lot. "
Ar her last schoo l, South Puger
Sound Communiry Co llege, she says
some teachers didn't want her in
their class when they found out she
had AD D. And before rhar, her high
school's psychologist brushed her off.
" Hi's idea of what I needed ro do
to be more successful at school was,
and I quote, ' be more bubbly' ," Sarah
l'
the cooper point journal
providing disabled studenrs
with the accommodations they
need, says the bulk of the students she deals with are learning
disabled.
She says learning disabled
people
are
attracred
to
Evergreen because of the evaluation syste m.
"There aren't A's, B's, C's.
There's nor pecking order in the
class room," Pickering said.
" But learning disabled kids
ger here and they're like, 'Oh
my gosh. I didn't know it'd be
rhis hard. I'm nor co mpere nt.
I'm I:,? r sm art e no ugh to be
here.
Pickering helps srude nrs
like Sarah and Ari ro figure our
what they need so rhat sc hool
is manageable. Somerime it
means something as simple as
more time ro take an exam.
Bur before Pickering can
w r ite a lener to a student's
faculry to requ esr more rime
for a test, or submir a money
reqoes r for special sofrware,
st udents have to ralk to her.
They also have to provide legal
certification of their learning
disabiliry.
"I n order to provide services, J need ro know what's
wrong," she said. " How can
you fix something if you don't
know what's broken'"
To cOIllaCI Linda Pickering, call 867·6364. To contact Niki AII/arall/ides, call
867 -6465. To Contact either
Whimey Kl'asager or the Cooper
Poillt Journal, call 867-6213
january 24, 2002
arts it entertainment
8
c,o~., Rev.tow
'* Sh,r".lor's dt~..+CA',"-", Love I~ "'rye
9
by tJ.fi~., SI"1I ~
fiji Wbllney Kvasager
Al=TfR
O
Hip, Hop,
Bounce.ra
Ten Thousanct
and
p~rpetrators
An investigation into the roots ofa certain musical style and its significance
at a Medusa / Aceyalone concert in Seattle last Saturday night.
M,dlLHa,
"n, Underground Quem
T
here was o nce a time whe n underground hip- hop was avai lable only'
by way of third-generation dubbed tapes.
Cuts were handed down as the knowledge
and ear of [he listeners grew and developed.
The only way to truly liste n to these tapes
was on a walkman. each person filtering
o ut the gentle static of weari ng tapeheads.
You had ro shut the world out ~ nd focus
on the so ul of a dying trad ition: basement
recordings. Any hope of receiving quality
tapes was h un g ou t to dr yas the batteries
of the fairhful und erground faded in
sp utters eac h time that one verse was
rewo und . Th is was a tim e when so ngs
we re called by their nam es instead of their
numbe rs. CD players were shunned by
those with a 4-track heart and walkmans
were kept. bearen, battered, and stickered,
in a shoebox as retired warriors who once
played tapes like they were weapons of
the heart.
The name Project Blowed was whispered on the backs of buses like urban
january 24, 2002
nce yo u cross th e threshold of Ga ll ery IV, you're in another
ce ntury. Old-timey music is playing. Silk dresses from the 1930's
hong on pegs. Black an d wh ite photograp hs in tarnished fromes perch
on shelves . And if the weathe r's like it was last Tuesday, sunli ght filters
through the ga ll ery's doors and illuminates "Dress of Years" : a toddl er's
baptismal-look in g gown festooned with chinks of cop per.
T hese items are part of Kat hy G lowen's found-object .how "Petl and
Boxes." It's an ho mage to I OJ-year.old Mamie Rand, who let G lowe n use
things from her Spokane home to create three-dim ension al collages.
Two floors down, in Gallery II. Rachel Dav is' show " Here" features
8-by··12 .. inch acrylic paintings that look like cell portraits. Davis' use of
bli stered and c racked paint simulates a biology-s pec im en look - as in
"The !:lest Time of Day" and "Wishing Well. "
Evergreen is hosting a reception for both shows on Thursday, Jan . 24,
from 5 to 8 p.m. in Galle ry IV, wh ich is in the Lib rary Building on the
fourth floor. G lowen and Davis will speak and ans',ver ques ti ons.
Gallery II is just in side the Library en trance. It's open during Library
ho urs. Gallery IV is open Tu esday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m. and
Saturdays, noon to 4 p. m.
"Petland Boxes" and " Here" run until February 4, Shows are always
free.
of the uni verse sum med up in
her five-feet-seven-inches. The
same queen of Project Blowed
and Goodvibe recordings that
dispels all images that typical
si ngerl model/a c tresses hav e
infec ted 90% of hip-hop listeners with. But Medu sa is far from
typ ical. She's Medusa, for fuck's
sa ke ; her prese nce on stage is
that of seven snakes that turn
head to sto ne if they fail to
move like bartIe ca ts. She's the
mother of t he you ng ta lenr in
her asse mbl age, Feline Science,
3nd she plays all ages shows
like she was Fugazi. It's always
a beautiful sight to see babies
dancing ons tage with shinin g
eyes. She's a ha rdco re MC with
a positive message and it is so
rare to co me by that in rap. Her
sm il e is worth r~ n thousand
perpetrators and their maddoggin'. The ene rgy at Friday's show
could be credi ted ro the children
a/Hip Hop, " Mul,d fom in til( eRe last Saturday
presenr to see LA's n umber one
thug mama in exc hange for the
usual lea ther-j ackct-clad Miller
lege nds of yore. T he idea of a hip -h op
Spillers.
And
with a live band!? I hope people
collective cons isting offorty to fifty mu sicians
reali
ze
what
a
grand concept this is.
whose sole purpose was to make tapes for
Alas,
th
e
turnour
at Seattl e's I-S py was
t heir friends was a far cry from th e rea li ty
iocre
ar
best,
th
e
dance
floor co ld but for
med
of rhe masses and KUBE 9J.3. But it was
twO tr ue sistas, and a bouncer took someones
enough to hold onto and just eno ugh shelrer
to keep rap fanatics sa fely and comparatively joint when he blatantly lit up like he was
. . . insane. And those waiting to have their at a rap show (what was he thinking?). At
wigs blown were rewarded for all those years least someone didn't get kicked out. But
of shitty dubs when the Blowed arrived in it's too bad so meone didn't get to puff that
shit when Medusa lir up and freestyled to
Seatrle a few years back.
Now we li ve in a time where a good her alter ve rsio n of Lud ac ris's "Roll Out",
handful of kids know the names Aceyalone, en titled "Smoke Out".
Now what can I say? Well. instead of
Abstract Rude , and Freestyle Fellowship.
paying
for so ngs played on the radio fifty
Abstract Rude has played five o r six shows in
time
s
a
day, yo u can find Goodvibe and
Seattle over the past three years. Every time,
Project
Blowed
albums at Phantom C ity
he comes as a different character. First, as A-B
YOll can also o rder what you
Records
where
Baracus with Acey the Faceman of the B-boy
oriented A-Team, then as Chef Salad with his don't see. This type of music has co me a
band, The Crew Tones, and fin ally as himself, long way from the days of static and 4-tracks
a part of the Tribe Unique C lan . This time, a nd it need s rap fans' support because
the fWO favored MCs have introduced an artist so mething is happening here; H ip-hop shows
that not many people have heard of: Medusa, are becoming positive.
No shit, The same Medusa that has the power
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Medusa,Aceyalone, and
Abstract Rude Rock Everg;reen
A review oflast Saturday's hip-hop extravaganza on campus
BY Nate Hagen
L
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-
ast Saturday eve ning, the anticipat ion and anxiety felt by Greeners and Olympians was through the roof.
W hy? We were set to see fWO amazi ng Hip-Hop acts: the "Underground Queen of Hip-Hop," Medusa,
and another underground favorite, Aceya lone with spec ial guest Abstrac t Rude.
Ten p.m. dawned last Sat urday night, and the backroom of the C RC gymnasium was packed full of
waiting fa ns. Aceyalone and Absrra ct Rud e rook th e stage firsr alld the crowd roared. Most of th e set
people were bouncing, bo bbing, and danc in g their asses off. It was not a crazy show, but it was ton s
of fu n. There W:1S defi ni tely ' 1 little ganja-puffing go in g on, but no one was haul ed off in handcuffs or
kicked out as fa r as I co ul d see.
Unfort llndtei y, no break dancing pit manifested li ke last Spring when Medusa played at the Urban Arts
Festival, but yo u can't have everythin g. Aceyalone and Abstract Rude kept the crowd with th em the wh ole
time and even frces tyled a bit just to show off, but they were so good at it I couldn't tell when they were
improvisin g o r si nging their so ngs. It was a real trea t.
After about an hour of pure ad renaline, thc people nceded a break, but Medusa soon took the stage sporti ng
a huge, orange-colo red Fat AJbert jumpsuit and t hrew down her rhymes with vigor and enth usiasm .
I Ier almost operatic voice boomed over the crowd, and they were enthralled. A modest performer, Medusa
let her back-lip band Feline Scie nce showcase some of thei r ra lent by letting one of the ba ck-up si ngers, Cocoa,
throw down so me fatty lyrics. Eac h musician got a solo performan ce as well. At o ne point (Owa rds the end of
the show, Med usa busted out the Robot dance and the crowd went nuts. She ca rried high energy throughout
the entire performan ce and made us all feel her.
It's no surprise all of us were left want in g more. It's not li ke m ajor hip-hop acts come to Evergreen every
week, so we were sad to see it come to an end, but she'll be back and we'll all be waiting.
Before the show sta rted , I was lucky enough to catch these hot M Cs in an interview. I first interviewed
Aceyalone in rhe G ree n Room in sid e the Co ll ege Recreat ion Ceme r. He was chatti ng with Abstract
and OJ Drez about music, Decked out in blue L.A. Dodgers gear, Accyalone sa t quietly and laid back.
I asked him several questions pertaining (0 his ca ree r, music, an d his philosophy. He was tired and not
(00 into it.
He said he is waiting for mainstream ex posure. He would like to be o n MTV, but doesn't
think that it's really necessary,
He wou ld like (0 co ll aborate with different producers and artists in the near future in hopes of becoming a
bigger and more popu lar act. More people in the sears would mean more people listening to qu ality music and
hearing good messages about unity, fami ly, friendship, commun ity, and truth,
He is very pass ionate about what he does and believes other artists should be true to their own art and do it
from the hea rt. This is about as much info as I got out of him as he didn't seem to be enjoying rhe interview
and I was quire nervo us. His last words were " Do the Right Thing."
Medusa's interview went a little smoother and I felt more comfortable. She expressed many of the same
se ntiments about music and life as Aceyalone, but was a bit more animated and cheerful.
Her main concern or message concerned gender. She sa id that most of the world's problems stemmed
from our differences, but her stance and argument were not one-sided. She believes that both men and
women are at fault for the miscommunication and violence that happens between us. She thinks community
building is one of the routes (0 [his sol ution.
photo by Kevan Moore
Like Aceyalone, she expressed a want for more exposure and success, which would not only mean
Abstract Ru&, fo,.ground, and Acryalone plAyed·to ova 500 fons in th,
more
money, but a broader fan base that will hear her positive messages. In order to do this she rhinks
eRe last SahlrMY befo,. Medusa and FelineScimce took the stage.
people in the entertainment industry have to stop competing so much for the sporlight and come together
to share common goals.
Medusa's inspiration and motivation come from her life experiences, children, and her fans. From them she
has learned that people really must say what they mean and say it from their hearts. Simple messages wrapped in tight lyrics and bass thumping
beats. Words to the politicians: "The Youth are comin' at ya!"
the cooper point journal
january 24, 2002
•
arts 8l entertainment
10
New Albums
Burn You
to
•
Buddha was a Slacker
by Nate HQ{}eD
T
As win/a "twl/ioll /lIfIJ yflwnillg illlo Olympia, reporter Cbris Mulfilly blOke tbe bflck of his
ifiziluJJ fllld Sfll dow/J with II stethoscope 10 listen 10 fI bUllch ofrock lIlbums. Most aftll( mUSIc was
relMsed ill tbe Illst coupLe mOlllhs, some ill the Last yMr. The following are bis findings.
•
The Dirty Three
••
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Whatever ~u Love You Are • Touch and Go Records • 2000
A violin wades in the water. When it lifts on the 16th measure we are all saved. This
album is easy to make out to, dance to, lie and read to, or exper ience the saddest of moods
with. No vocals, nor need there be any. It's three guys: Guitar, Violin, Drums. The songs arc
slow, liquid, long and wavy (thus the water reference ,t the beginning) . Dirry Three is from
Melbourne, Australia, and was formed in 1991. They are on the Touch and Go Label - which
happens to PUt OUt some of the greatest, most innovative independent rock around these days.
The latest by D . T. is an album worth investing th e greenest of your money in.
Rufus Wainwrioht
Poses • Dreamwo-:ks • 2001
Elvis Costello and Chris Isaac are imbedded in Rufus Wainwright's voice. But so metimes
Radioh ead slips out like a worm. The New Vorker's album is overproduced but contains enough
innovative melodies to insp ire any young songwriter. We are somewh ere in Venice on a gondola.
The water smells like crap, bur nur ears ar~ filled with swee t singing. A voice sits on our plate
with piano, violins, drums and guitar. We cat lInti l we arc stuffed, exclaiming, " that was good."
The so ng Rebel Prince is haunting.
Aveo
Bridge to the Northern Lights • Red Tide Records • 2001
Aveo, from San Diego, opened for Pinb,ck at the Crocodile a couple months ago. They sounded
much better back then when I had my earplugs in . Their album has a Built to Spill style drummer
and a one Phi l Ek producer, a n English-sounding singer with his voice caught in his throat, and
thousands of collapsing plateaus. They are seeking catchiness, but they have not caught anything ...
YET. Recommendation: if you hear you should get this album, do not, but try to bootleg it from
the friend who recommended it to you.
White Stripes
White Blood Cells • Sympathy for the Record Industry • 2001
The White Stripes, on the other hand , are heavily under-produced. Two musicians from Tennessee
(which doesn't mean anything) have spat, strummed and drummed out 16 evocative songs.
The singer sounds like Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin (in a good way) . He moves from Nirvana
guitar playing to Jethro Tull back to Zeppelin. Phil Mayben, myoId friend, said the lyrics of the
first song made him shiver. Just the lyrics! On the whole, all of them are meaningful (they're
'beyond "I need you, I love you, won 't you come back" or anything on a Bearles album). This
album is good listening for any guitar aficionado. It is pushing, full of ache, thoughtful and
spacious rock and roll. Buy it.
T'tipll•
(a/bul/IS sold)
The Black Heart Procession
Compiled by Tim RlISs,ll
Railly Day Reco,'ds,
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VA • Gtt the Blues!
Three • Touch and Go Records • 2000
H,ve you heard of these guys yet~ They gave birth [Q
each other in 1997 OUt of San Diego with tWO member, of
Three Mile Pilor. This is their third ,t1bum - about a year old.
In the first song, rhe bass and gllitar wrap rheir arms around
each other and make ou r in [he ,pe.lkn. There is some
definite spiderweb feci [Q t hem . The re,t of the .llbllll1 fo llows
in tears of songs with a Spai n/Grandaddy/Radiohead/Tom
Waits feel. They are mostly spacious and immersed with
piano notes. Great music if you like impassioned chords and
rich or pained ly rics. I know rhere are a few of YOLI still al ive.
It is also GREAT driving music. Their other rwo albums are
just as realized, #2 being the most highly accbimed.
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GetzlGilberto • GaziGilberlo
Compiled by judd Taylor at
PHANTOM CITY RECORDS,
11 7 NE washington St. DO/lmlown
The Frames
Wipe,'s • 3xCD Boxset (Zmo Rrcords)
For the Birds • Plateau Records • 2001
The Frames arc from Dublin (which doesn't matter) and this is their fourth album.
Throughout its length, the Frames acc umulate power over you like a cold. They become
progressively more severe and passionate. As it so happens, it is good music to listen to
while you are sick, so approach them du ring the winter months. The ir songs slow to a
cre.<cendo but are sometimes boring. They resemble Bill Morrisey and Nick Drake. Also, if
Dar Williams were a ma le she might sound like the Frames. There are a couple of songs that
have some sort of weird dancehall bluegrass fusion. They are worth listening to.
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nor agree with me when [ say
that Buddha was a slacker. I
say "was" because Buddha died and
although the Dalai Lama is supposedly the thirteenth reincarnation of
h is Holiness, he still died and i. not
eterna l, lik e Jesus. This of course
means that lazy people are beings
walking in the lighr and following rhe
path to knowledge and tr uth , and as
the Tao says, non-action i rhe kq to a
peaceful life. If you don't do anything,
have no desire to ever begin, and are not forced to, then you Me on th e way to relieving your
suffering and maybe someone else will pick up on you r discovery and you will start a trend.
Following the Eight-Fo ld Path may be easier than o ne hl ight think.
One can't cause much trouble if the)' abandon everYlh ing they were given, realize all of li fe
is suffering, and decide ro wander around in quiet sol itude answering peoples questions and
hopefully bringing a littl e joy ro their piriful and meaningless existence.
Slackers forget who they are, where they are, what time it is, when they last ate, when
they laM ,11Owcred, and the Ia" time lhey h,d a job. Wow, sounds like lltese people need
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to gCt a life. No, lhe), h,lv(' a pcrlcc:r1y good
life ac<:omp li shing lhe bMc minimum to keep
their already li feless bodies functioning on th e
Slackers forget who they
low"-'>t
possible level. Buddha would encourage
are, where they are, what time
thi. sort of behavior", il docs not impose .n)'
it is, when they last ate, p,in onto others and may just bc one srep
when they last showered, and closer to enlighrenment. I cln'r imagine wh)'
the last time they
society frowns on such apathy. If YOll just sit
hack and warch the world from your Luuch
had a job.
or front porch th en ch,nces ,rc, you arcn't
goi ng ro be able to fuck up. Sure, you miss
OUt on all of life's trials and tribulations, emotion, risk, travel. experience, etc., but
you're not our polluting [he air and water, killin g and pillaging, desrroying property,
stealing, or blowing up the third world and delivering drugs in to the ghetlo. Twiddling
your thumbs all day is A-OK.
If people WJnt to vegerate inattentively, intoxicate themselves endlessly, and rest sedared
'ti l the end of time, let them. Leave these people alone. Buddha wanted ro be left ,lone,
long conversations ro him were boring, unproductive, and roo damll rime-consuming.
Mosr people complain about slacke" because they're sick of suffering and .bving away at
their me'ningless job and wan! the inactive to join in on the oppression. Or, the)' w,lI11
the idle to fix human blundel' (hat they had no part in . What's up with that~ With all the
absurdness and crd zin css. why not hide yourself in seclusion and be a hermit for a living.
Sounds much bett~r than puttint; up with all the psychos, poliri cian;, and mad scienti",
bent on power and world domin,rion.
I'm nor saying that slackel' .l[e better, and their contributions to soc iety min imal. bUl
most of them are nice, quiet, unspoken individuals who look at the world with a peaceful
indifference. It's not a posilive attitude and it's nor a negative attitude, it's not attitude at
all. These people haven't been given a reason to care, nor should they be since it wouldn't
matter anyway; they're inherently motionless and brain-dead. Actually, some of these fine
and upstanding individuals make the conscious dec ision to be slothful and you have to
respect that because they considered all of their options firsr.
Buddha and his teachings justify this lifesryle because easygoing and laid back is the way
to go. Why do you think Zen Buddhists just live in temples, eat, and meditate all day? It's
healing and practically effortless. I can't imagine doing that every day for the rest of my life
and that is why I respect it. If we all relaxed a little more and did slack purposefu lly then
maybe the world wouldn't be so insane and life would seem longer and more enjoyable.
Doing nothing never sounded so good. Thanks, Buddha.
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Re: Jesus is a Punk Rocker
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here are a few points concerning Nate Hogen's article, "Jesus is a Punk Rocker, "
that I would like to respond to. First of all , I was really impressed and delighted to
read the article/opinion about Jesus Christ. I thought it was well thought-out and
sincere. Although I don't think I've ever heard Jesus referred to as a Punk Rocker, it is a
well-established fact that Jesus was a rebel. His teachings were as upsetting to the status quo
of ancient Near Eastern cultu re as they are today.
Something else that impressed me about Nate's piece was his knowledge of me doings
of Jesus. It occurred to me that for someone who has n't read the Gospels, he had quite
a bit of accurate information (although not enti rely). I thought it might interest him
to have a look at the scriptures and get the best information available about this man.
Just a though t.
Lastly, please forg ive me for proselytizing, but as Nate mentioned the Good News,
J can not resist adding its definition to this letter. The Good News is that Jesus died
for our sins. No longer do we have to make sacrifices to God because his only son died
for us and bridged the gap. No longer are we to feel shame or guilt, for God is good
and all we need do is humble ourselves to God and ask for forgiveness and it will be
so. Also, God LOVES us!!
Thanks for reading with an open heart along with an open mind.
Elizabeth Mann
P.S. Evergreen Students for Christ meets on Tuesdays at 7pm
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war
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attempted technological fix to an essentially human problem .
Terrorisnl is an act
of desperation by the
financially weak to
remedy perceived and
real disparities, or by
the financially strong as
a tool to maintain and
extend inequality in their favor. Both forms breed in times of desperation
- a foreseen lack of reasonable viable alternatives to achieve a goal. By far.
stare-sanctioned terrorism viewed rhrough the wide lem of history has bee n
much more 'devastating to life and libeny than have been private terrorist au,.
This is true even if we only consider actions taken by oppressors (gove rnment"
rulers) against their own and foreign populations. If we include deliberale
inaction (as in allowing famine or holocaust to take its toll), the loss of life is
bcwildenng. I'll stick with the first rype - direct intentional action.
Bush's war. insert your reason here, is a full-scale war on the enri rc popular ion
of Afghanistan thar is spreading beyond its borders like noxious weeds in
a garden. But in thi s case the weeds aren't indifferent plants arbi trarily
labeled undesirable. In stead, the undesirable weeds are intangible emotion s
- self-righleousness, greed, and the ethical duty of the white knight.
The least of th ese wecds is the
material condit ion of sta rk
omnipresent inequality. With
Terrorism is an act of
weeds, we apply rhe products
of modern technology and desperation by the financially
the chemical revolution (herweak to remedy perceived
bicides) to fight off the sufand real disparities,
focating weeds thar th reaten
or by the financially strong as
diversit}', crop" subjective
a tool to maintain and
beaulY·
extend ine~uality in
Technology isn't good or
bad. It just is. We make of
their favor.
it what we want, JUSt 3S we
du with it what we want,
allhough the resul" may be unexpected . Western society relies on technology
to solve myriad problems, often because it's cheaper or more politically feasible
than dealing with the roots of the problems, which, of course, cannot be
rewlved via technology alone. However, the death of terrorism will not come
about with technology.
As it stands today, technology (with capitalism, neo-liberal foreign policy,
and representative democracy of the elite [wh ich are all the same thing anyway,
nevermind ... J) prevail. over human concerns, and is part of the disease that the
social and biological worlds must fight. Solutions to the problems we've created
with technology cannot come with more advanced technology. If a patient has
anthrax, doctors don't give her a larger dose of anthrax spores to cure her. It
would kill her. So it is with misguided technology.
War-wagers (sovereign states) use technology to achieve economic goals
when the means of po litical pressure, economic sanctions, and propaganda
cam paigns fail. Modern states only engage in war when they perceive it to
be in their best interest, and never for purely moral reasons. Unfortunately,
all our bombs and m issiles and sold iers could conceivably lUll everyone and
everything in Afghanistan, including a few well-known terrorists. Vet the
world's largest, best-equipped military cannot and w ill not end the perceived
need for drastic action, and thus future needless death, misery and destruction.
It can on ly proliferate it.
As bombs fall and marines detonate ordinance today, the vio lence in the
world is emp irically increased. It can be measured in days, in taxpayer dollars, in
spent munitions, in pain and suffering, in coffins, in wasted lives, in bloodshed
and inevitable tears, in orphans and widows, in prayers for peace, and, last but
most importantly (for the US), in profits. As nuclear and conventional weapons
are manufactured and traded (largely by US corporations), descending on us
like an invisible gas, terrorist tendencies lurk and multiply in the shadows of
those left behind - those missed by our bombs.
Ultimately, war is about hum an relations or lack of humane relations.
Disregard for life, primacy of the individual ove r communiry interests, false
belief in a meritocracy - fueled by an econo mic system that puts monetary
val ue on everything, leads to a world in which inanimate objects, institu tions
and ideas take precedence over living subjects. Inevi tab ly, people will resist
their subjugation to econo mic imperialism. Horrific technology can not StOP it,
only fight it - and with disastrous consequences for all.
This war is a human problem, born out of human systems and ideologies.
Necessarily, it cannot be so lved by technological means. Technology can't
solve problems, only people can. As we employ our most feared and respected
technology - weapons of mass indiscriminate destruction - we annihilate the
solutions found only in human minds, as we simultaneous ly murder their
precious bearers and the basis ofhumaniry.
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everyone, with ch il dcare/food too. Gray,on Hall at Universiry of Oregon campu s
in Eugene, OR. Until rhe 27'''' C heck out wwwJruil i ond c, i~n . com /agai"'lpatriarch)'
for more in fo.
1-1--" Susta;'lllble Cuisi1le - Food for the New Millemziu",. Well-known chef
and author Ann Cooper wi ll givc a talk on the ti de subject. Cooper addrcssc.,
sustainable cuisine, rhe pol itics offood, local. organ ic foods. and GMO foods.
At rhe Greenery, CAB 107. For 11100e info contact Bon Appetit at 867-6281.
Co-sponsored by Bon Appetit, SEED (Students at Evergreen for Eco logical
Design). and DEAP (Development of Ecological Agricultural Projects).
Olympia Little Theatel' p,'ese1lts "Sight Unsee"," a comedy about a
family and ghosts w ho don't want to lose their home. 8 p.m. Tickets arc
available at Yenney's Mu,i c on Harrison in Olympia Or at the theate r box
office. (360) 786-9484 .
Of th e movie: "the no - rul~ rule of a
Swedish commune is cbllcnged when a si ngle mom and her two kids move in. "
9 p.m. at the Capirol Theater. Swedish with English subtitles and an Abba-l iciou,
soundtrack. $3.50 Olympi a Film Socicty members, $6 no n-members.
1-1--" Film: "Together" The last showing
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1-1--.. Orgallizatiollal Meeti1lgs for the upcom;,zg Olympia Gender & Sexuality
Conference, May 3-5, 1002. Eve ry Frid ay at 4 p.m. at O ly World N ews.
Evergreen community in remembering the li fe and legacy of Carls 011 . who raught
at the college for 27 years. 2 p.m . in the Longhouse
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H--'" Rave: Recruitment. An all night electroni c music experience fearuring
more than 18 DJs from across the NW in four rooms of sound. A be nefir for
rhe Evergreen Q ueer Alliance. 10 p.m. - 6 a.m. ar The Evergreen Srate College
Library Building. Presale Tix: $10 TESC students, $13 general. Door Tix: $12
TESC srudents. $15 general. Avai labl e from EQA , C AB 31 4. Presented by The
Evergreen Q ueer Alli ance with HellcJ.tz Women Rugby, the Men's Center and
the Coa liri on Agai nst Sexual Viole nce.
sun
january 27
StudC1lt Ullity Network Dance. I I :30 a.m. - 7 p.m . at Library 4300.
Brought to you by EPIC
H - - " Film: "Fat Girl" The slOry o r rwo sisrers. one plain and one gorgeous,
that explo res their sexu "lity as they approach maturiry. In f-rench with English
sub titl es. At 4 and 9 p.m. at the Capitol Theater. $3.50 Olympia Film Society
members, $6 non-members .
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Temperate Rai'iforest RoatlslJow. Potluck. slideshow & mu, ic. 7-1 I p.m. at
rhe Longho use & Lecture Hall # 1. Brought ro you by the ERe.
gendersexcon@olynctwork.org Everyo ne is welcome.
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1-1--'" Restoring!ustice: A Path to Peace - Film Screening & Dynamic lllteractive
Dialogue. Academ y Award-nominated documentary: LOllg Nights Journey JIIIO
Day: SOllti, Africlls Setl rch for 7i'lt1h 6- Reconcililltioll by Frances Reid & Deborah
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Hoffmann. See the film , meet one of the filmmakers and a panel of acti vists
& leaders ro ta lk abo ut what truth , reco nciliation and restorative justice means
for YOll and YOllr community. Discu"ion speake rs include Reid and Helena
Meyer-Knapp (TESC faculty member). Free admission. Refreshments provided
by the Eastside f-ood Co-op. 7- 10 p.m . at the Cap iro l Theater. For more
info. conract Harry Levin e ar the Easrside Food Co-op (360) 956-3870 or Sue
Feldman at (360) 866-1636.
1-1--"" An Eve1lillg witl} Natalie Cole. Washingron Ce nter fo r the Perfo rming Arts
brings Cole as parr of "Centerfest" (6 p.m. pre-show, 8 p.m. concert) . She has
been nominated for more th an ren Grammy Awards, including being hono red as
"Best New Artisr" in 1975. In 1991 . Cole's highly accla imed VnforgellllbLe, With
La"", was released and went o n ro sell 14 million copies worldwide. ga rnering
seven Grammy Awards. Concert rickets are $38.50-$63.50 o r join rhe Cenrerfest
Gala party, a full even ing event for $175 per person, including valet parking, a
lavish pre-show receprion. and after-show gala with dancing, champagne and
desserts. Call (360) 753-8586 for rickers and information.
'-1--" Conference: Against Patriarchy.
Co nfere nce Mission Statement: "A
movement rowards th e elimin ation of m ale privilege, dominarion and sexism.
Srri ving ro create dial ogue, educate ourselves and each other, and inspire action."
Leslie Feinberg (autho r of Stolle Blitch Bllles,) and Alix Olson (award-winning slam
poet from Ny) o n Friday night. Workshops all d ay Sat/Sun . Free and open ro
january 29
H - - - Art Exhibit jeatllring artwork by Rachel Davis & Katby GlowC1l. See
" H ere" by Davis in Ga ll ery II. "Petland Boxes" by G lowen is in Gallery IV.
Gallery II, in rhe library. is open d u ri ng library hOllfS. Ga ll ery IV is open
12-6 p.m. Both ga lleries are in the TESC Library Building. for more info,
call (360) 867-5125.
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under the inspired leaders hip of Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik has achievec1
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prestigious concert halls such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Musikverein
in Vienna, Symphony Hall in Birmingham and the Barbi can Centre in London.
The orchestra's awards include th e Ca nn es C lass ical Music Award and five Junos
for Best C lassical Album . 7:30 p.m . ar the Washingron Cenrer for rhe Performing
Arts, 512 Washington St. in downtown Olympia. $16/$18 students and seniors,
$ 18/$20 general. Groups of 10 o r more ger a 10% discount, 20 or more get 20%
off. Student Rush: 50% discount ro those with valid student 1.0. purchasing
tickets wirhin an hour prior :0 showtime.
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